Category: UrbanToronto

The City of Toronto and the Government of Ontario have agreed on a plan to incorporate the old Dominion Foundry buildings on Eastern Ave into any new residential development on the site. The property is owned by the province and was the subject of intense community resistance to demolishing the historic factories. No proposal has yet been made for the site. Images released this week from CORE Architects Inc. depict a structure in which the exteriors walls of the building form the first floor of a development. Another image (below) depicts a public space inside a former industrial structure. Urban Toronto

The wisdom of planning by both the City and the province may trouble some people but the mad growth of the Yonge-Eglinton area presses on. It’s known to many as a war zone of construction. Here’s the story on a three-tower wonderment at Broadway and Redpath Aves. Towers will house people at heights of 33, 36 and 38 storeys.

The development site Urban Toronto says that Tribute Communities and Greybrook Realty Partners are proposing a 35-storey condo tower on the northwest corner of Avenue Rd. and Davenport Rd. Urban Toronto

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— UrbanToronto (@Urban_Toronto) July 16, 2021

UrbanToronto is reporting that the “change has rustled some feathers. The former industrial site sits within one of 29 “provincially significant employment zones” in Ontario, and its current zoning does not allow for residential uses”. More

Toronto has once again been the declared City with more construction cranes in the sky than any other on the continent. says the website Urban Toronto. It references a twice-yearly survey of this matter by the consultancy firm Rider Levitt Bucknall. RLB says this crazy busy place had 208 cranes operating in its recent survey. That’s 43 percent of all cranes counted in North America. And it seems Toronto is a regular winner of this (um) distinction. Yeah, we believe it.

Gairloch Developments has bought more properties on the west side of Bayview Ave north of Soudan and has put forward an expanded condo development at that site. Urban Toronto

A plan has been submitted to build at one of the most familiar corners in East York. It calls for the demolition of the Beer Store on the southwest corner and the construction of a seven-storey mixed-use building containing both residential and retail. Urban Toronto has posted the information. The submission argues that the plan fits with the other developments occurring along arterial roads in East York, with most having residential use, and ranging from three to 18 storeys.

The Camarro Group has proposed a relatively minor downsizing to its proposed 10-storey development at the corner of O’Connor Drive and Curity Ave. Urban Toronto

Residents of Mt. Pleasant West have been invited by the City to offer input on the design of a new park to be created on the northeast corner of Broadway Ave and Redpath Ave. The address is 100 Broadway. The planned park, which is said to be 746 square metres was a donation from the builders of the Pharrell Williams condominium at the same location. Mr. Williams is a well-known US singer, songwriter and producer who for reasons not very clear is associated with the development.

Oxford Properties has submitted a Zoning By-law Amendment application to the City seeking to redevelop its 9.2-acre Midtown Toronto site known as Canada Square. It would offer a mixed-use complex of five office and residential skyscrapers and two hectares or nearly five acres of open space.  Urban Toronto

A redesigned proposal for a five-story condominium building at 922 Millwood Rd (at Randolph Rd) contains ground-floor retail space. This is the site of the former Stanley Cleaners. The designers, are Makow Associates Architects for Hamr Millwood Investments. The revised plan calls for a building rising 22 metres, marking a slight increase from the 21.03 height proposed in 2019. The building is planned to contain 30 condominium units, reduced from the 35 proposed in 2019. These are now planned in a mix of 16 one-bedrooms, 6 two-bedrooms, and 8 three-bedroom units. A Facebook post raises this question:

The delay to approving this project was the community’s concern regarding underground parking for 30 condo units being a corner lot which backs onto Krawchuk Lane beside Randolph Road where will the entrance/exit be for these vehicles? Being a safety issue for it’s potential new residents this question is yet to be answered

• Urban Toronto